A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 89 
Leaves of the lower plane crowded on the branches, spaced on the 
main stem, oblique ovate, acute, a line long, pa e green, mem- 
and imbricated over the stem. Leaves of upper plane little 
smaller, oblique ovate, acute, shortly ieee. Spikes short, 
copious, 1 lin. diam. ; bracts ovate, went strongly keeled, sixtislat 
to the leaves in texture. 
ab, Assam and Mergui, Griffith! Resembles 8. proniflora 
in leaves and general habit. 
. PINANGENSIS Spring Monog. ii, 205. — Stems entirely 
trailing, very slender, suleate on the face, about 14 ft. long, ports 
pinnate, the central branches with 3-4 short contiguous branchlet 
lls of the lower plane close on both stem and branches, =preadaiiy: 
oblong, obtuse, 1-12th to 1-8th in. long, pale green, membranous, 
nearly equal-sided, rounded at both sides at the base, a little 
imbricated over the stem on the upper side, shortly ciliated through 
the lower half of the upper side; leaves of the upper plane one- 
third as long, oblique ovate, with a cusp nearly as long as the blade. 
— short, square, 4 lin. diam.; bracts ovate, acute, strongly 
eeled. 
Penang, Gaudichaud ; Assam, Jenkins! Closely resembles 
serpens in general habi 
119. S. tee ctissima, n. sp.—Stems filiform, trailing, intermatted, 
flat on the face, 14-2 in. long, the — short branches simple or 
little compound. Leaves of the lower plane spreading, contiguous 
or “ena spaced, ovate-deltoid, acute, bright green, membranous, 
not more than } lin. long, very un unequal- sided, very cordate and 
strongly ciliated on the upper side at the base and much imbricated 
over the stem, the leaves of the opposite side considerably over- 
wrapping each o ther; leaves of upper plane half as long, ovate, 
with a distinct cusp. te short, 4 lin. diam., dee bracts 
ovate, acute, membranous, strongly ciliated, sharply ke 
Hab. Macalisber g mountains, along with the ai satin tacuaat 
under S. integerrima, Sanderson ! 
1 Mackenii, n bps 24 BUeiit filiform, trailing, intermatted, 
3-4 in. lon ng, suleate both on back and face, forked low down, the 
few pinnate ascending branches simple or little compound, 
of the lower _— spreading, contiguous on the branchlets, spaced 
“on é e Are m, oblong, subacute, a rhe in. long, pale green, 
us, more produced on the side of ‘the midrib, 
Hab? Banks of the Tugela river, Gerrard & McKen 287! A 
near ally of S. se 
121. S$. Cooperi, —Stems intermatted, trailing, filif 
2-3 in. long, flat on the bak, bisulcate on the face, the few ieaitee 
patent branches sparingly compound. Leaves of the lower plane 
contiguous and ascending on the branches, rather space 
